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Ἡ κάμηλος ψωριῶσα πολλῶν ὄνων ἀνατίθεται φορτία
(even) a mangy she-camel takes up the load of many donkeys
Adler cites this from
Synesius,
Letter 113 (254b), where in fact it is presented as already proverbial (see the translation of A. Fitzgerald at web address 1). The paroemiographers who include it do so, …
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Ἀπὸ λεπτοῦ μίτου τὸ ζῆν ἠρτῆσθαι
life has hung by a fragile thread
… extracted from the quotation given, is a perfect infinitive. [1]
Synesius,
Letter 4 (p.162a Hercher), narrative of a shipwreck: translation by A. Fitzgerald at web address 1 (see paragraph 14).
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Δώριος
Dorian
… instead of the manuscripts' tu/xhs. [3] Apostolius 3.61. [4] From
Synesius,
Praise of Baldness 4, PG 66.1173c; cf. lambda 638.
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